Utility bin



NM w m QM WIIII m 5 m QVW K WW mw IE m P l QW L M wl l L W QW Mm I Q W Hn p .m T w m w o IJJ Jan. 17. 19 l. w. JACOBS ET AL UTILITY BIN FiledApril 27, 1955 wm Y\ NR United States Patent UTILITY niN' Irvin W.Jacobs and Joseph W. Sims, Ainsworth, Nebr. Application April 27, 1953,Serial No. 351,192

1 Claim. (Cl. 312-310) This invention relates to bin constructions ofthe type adapted for use in kitchen cabinets and has for its primaryobject to provide a bin that is removably installed in the base cabinetof a preformed kitchen cabinet unit by a simple modification of theconstruction of the base cabinet, after it has been built and installedin a kitchen.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pivotally mountedutility bin which is removably installed in the base cabinet of apreformed cabinet unit and which is removable about a transverse axis ata point adjacent its front wall so as to be easily moved to a positionoutwardly of the cabinet through the opening in the front wall thereof.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bin construction whichembodies stop means for locating the bin in its inner position Withinthe base cabinet in such a manner that the door of the cabinet can betightly closed to conceal the bin.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bin which can beinstalled in a conventional base cabinet by simply removing the centershelf of the base cabinet and installing a rod transversely between theside walls of the cabinet adjacent their lower edges, the bin havingmeans positionable on the rod, which serve as a support'for the bin andabout which the bin pivots in moving outwardly and inwardly.

These and ancillary objects and structural features of merit areattained by this invention, the preferred embodiment of which is setforth in the following description and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bin, constructed in accordance withthis invention and showing the same installed in a base cabinet,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 ofFigure 1 and showing the bin in its inner and closed position,

Figure 3 is a detailed sectional view of the mounting means for the binand is taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the basecabinet is of conventional construction and includes a rear wall 12 andopposing side walls 14-16 and a front wall 18. The front wall is formedwith an opening and a door 22 is secured by hinges 24 to the side flange26 of the front wall.

In installing the bin 28, the conventional center shelf of the basecabinet is removed and a rod 30 is mounted transversely between thesides 14-16 of the cabinet by forming openings in the sides to receivethe threaded ends of the rod. Nuts 32 are threaded on the projectingportions of the ends exteriorly of the sides 14-16 to fix the rod inposition.

As shown in Figure 2, the rod is located approximately 2,731,319Patented Jan. 17, 1956 ICC.

' at the level of the upper edge of the bottom front flange 34 andadjacent thereto.

The bin 28 includes opposing side walls 36-38 and a fiat bottom wall 40.A straight front wall 42 is integral with the front edge of the bottomwall 40 and the front edge of the'side walls 36-38. The bin alsoincludes a straight back wall 44 having curved upper and lower portions46-48, the lower portions being curved downwardly and inwardly relativeto the inner edge of the bottom wall 40. The bin is formed with an opentop 50, and the upper edges 52-54 of the sides 36-38 are slopeddownwardly and rearwardly relative to the upper curved portion 46 of theback wall 44.

The front wall 42 is provided at its upper edge with an outwardlyprojecting lateral flange 56 that terminates at its outer edge in anupstanding stop 58 which parallels the front wall 42 and is rigidifiedby means of brackets 60 that are attached to the front wall and areoffset therefrom. The brackets serve to rigidify the stop 58, which isintegral with the front wall 42, by supporting the stop on the frontwall. An upstanding stop 62 is provided at the inner end of the open top50 and extends upwardly from the free edge of the upper curved portion46 of the back wall 44 and serves to arrest the bin in its outwardswinging movement.

The front wall 42 extends downwardly below the bottom Wall 40 to providea leg or flange 64, and a similar leg or flange 66 depends from thebottom wall inwardly thereof and is arranged in spaced sidc-by-siderelation with the leg 64. The legs 64-66, together with the portion ofthe bottom wall 40 lying therebetween, provide a channel, which seats onthe rod 30. The rod 30 serves as the support for the bin and the binpivots about the rod 30 in moving inwardly and outwardly.

To move the bin 28 outwardly a handle 68 is mounted by means of a sleeve70 to the front wall slightly below the upper edge thereof.

It will be particularly noted, as shown in Figure 2, that the combinedthickness of the stop 58 and the upper ends of the brackets 60 isslightly less than the diameter of the barrel hinge 24 so that the door22 can be tightly closed, when the bin is in its inner position. The binwill not interfere with the opening and closing of the door so that thedoor conceals the bin, when it is shut.

After the rod 30 is installed between the sides 14-16 of the cabinet,the lower front end of the bin is inserted into the opening 20 in thefront wall to seat the bottom wall 40 on the rod and locate the legs64-66 about the rod. The stop 58 locates the bin in its inner positionand holds it in spaced relation to the bottom wall 12 of the cabinet andmaintains it erect with the front wall 42 lying in the perpendicularplane. The stop 62 abuts the inner portion of the upper door flange orportion of the wall above the opening 20, when the bin is movedoutwardly.

The bin may be conveniently used for storing flour, vegetables, sugar orthe like, and numerous other kinds of food items.

While the preferred embodiment of this invention has been illustratedand described, other forms may be realized so that limitation is soughtonly in accordance with the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In combination with a base cabinet having opposing side walls and afront wall having an opening formed therein with a door closing saidopening, a bin comprising a vertical front wall, an offset stop carriedby the front wall above the upper edge thereof engageable against saidfront wall of said cabinet to locate said front wall of said bin in aperpendicular plane within said cabinet when said bin is in itsinnermost position, said bin having an open top and opposing sideshaving downwardly and rearwardly sloping upper edges and an upstandingstop at the inner end of the opentop wall engageable with the front wallof the cabinet above the opening to limit the outward movement of thebin, means pivotally and removably mounting said bin in said cabinet,said means including a bottom wall for said bin} said front wall havingan integral iip portion'projecting below said bottom wall, a flangedepending from said bottom wall and in- Wardly spaced from said lip, anda rod extending transversely between and detachably supported on thesides V of and within said cabinet, said rod engaging said bottom walland being embraced on opposite sides thereof by said lip "and saidflange.

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